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E-cigarettes 'Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco Cigarettes' (uconn.edu)
An anonymous reader shares a report: A study by chemists at the University of Connecticut offers new evidence that electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes. Using a new low-cost, 3-D printed testing device, UConn researchers found that e-cigarettes loaded with a nicotine-based liquid are potentially as harmful as unfiltered cigarettes when it comes to causing DNA damage. The researchers also found that vapor from non-nicotine e-cigarettes caused as much DNA damage as filtered cigarettes, possibly due to the many chemical additives present in e-cigarette vapors. Cellular mutations caused by DNA damage can lead to cancer.
For some it is easy, for others it's harder than quitting an addiction like alcohol or opioids. (Source: I've worked in homeless shelters and talked to addicts about it).
For me, it was easy the first time to go cold turkey. I was 17 and I'd been smoking for three years. When I started smoking again 18 years later and then quit three years after that, it was really difficult. The nicotine had really taken hold for some reason the second time. I finally turned to Nicorette gum, and in that moment when I popped that little cube in my mouth and the craving just dissipated, I realized I'd been a drug addict.
Been smoke free for nearly 20 years, and it's definitely the best decision from a health standpoint I've ever made.
I would say the conclusion would be that just because there is no tar does not mean that e-cigs are not harmful. There are dangers with e-cigs. They happen to be different dangers than cigarettes.
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